KIRCHNER The Forbidden (world premiere; BSO 125th anniversary commission)
SCHUMANN
Piano Concerto
The Pre-Concert Talk will be given by Marc Mandel, Director of Program Publications, from 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM at Symphony Hall. Free to performance ticket holders. Pre-Concert Talks are sponsored by New England Coffee.
Open Rehearsals are open to the public and are offered at a discounted price from the actual performance ticket prices. Tickets to Open Rehearsals are priced for general admittance and seating is on a "first come, first served" basis. Patrons should be aware that these performances are working rehearsals in which the conductor may stop the orchestra to rehearse specific passages of the music that the conductor considers to require more refinement. Conductors may choose to repeat or omit movements or works.
Audio Concert Preview by Richard Dyer, narrated by Ron Della Chiesa.
WGBH's Brian Bell on Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 6 Every music director with the exception of William Steinberg conducted the Tchaikovsky Sixth frequently, even Erich Leinsdorf had difficulty staying away from the piece. Here is Brian Bell's analysis.
About the Music
The BSO's second world premiere of the 2008-09 season, continuing the series of commissions celebrating the orchestra's 125th anniversary, is the eminent composer Leon Kirchner's The Forbidden, based on his rhapsodic and romantic recent piano piece of the same name (aka Sonata No. 3). Tchaikovsky's lush, passionate, and searing Symphony No. 6, begins this concert, which ends with Schumann's Piano Concerto as performed by the great Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini.
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